Detachable fitting for syringes.



A. E. DUPELL.

DETACHABLE FETTING FOR SYRINGES.

APPLICATION HLED JAN. 13. 1915.

Patented July 6, 1915,

WITNESSES: uWfi/wm N: \7. why/ 24% Alonzo EDupeH at the applied part. The fluid will be discharged through the escape openings 28 at the free end of the nozzle.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings the structure is the same as that described in Fig. 2 except that the shell 15 is interiorly threaded as shown at 29 and the nozzle exteriorly: breaded ,as shown at 30 to engage therewith. By this construction the removal. of the soft rubber nozzle renders the fitting interchangeable in that the ordinary hard rubber nozzles having extcriorly threaded attaching ends can be used.

Either of the devices as described may be used in the manner shown in Fig. l of the drawings or as a fountain syringe as shown in Fig. 4, in which a water bag 31 is illustrated suitably suspended as shown at 32. The bag is provided with a discharge pipe or tube 33 leading from the bottom thereof and carrying a stop cock or valve 3i to control the supply of the water or fluid, and the fitting is attached to the free end of the tube so that the flow of the water or fluid is by gravity under a hydrostatic pressure head. The fitting is relatively small and is'entirely portable so as to be used as tcr or displacing the device.

a handle for applying the nozzles without causing the hands to come in contact with the body and thus obviate infection.

The device is used as an intestine cleanser to flood the colon o as a vaginal douche, the discharge tube 23 being anointed before use, and the flexibility of which caiiscs it to accommodate itself to the various positions of the body without injuring the lat- Another important feature is the fact that, with the fitting described, the device is adapted for use with equal facility as a force-feed syringe, as shown in Fig. 1, or a fountain syringe, as shown in 4, this being due to the fact that the shell is of even diame ter with the nozzle and permits the latter to he applied with impunity between the legs without injury to the person and will be accommodated where a large device could not, no pressure being exerted by the fitting.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A medical appliance of .the class described, comprising the combination with a .drical shell. and receiving said di water bag having an outlet and a flexible tube leading therefrom; of a fitting com-- prising a small cylindrical shell having a thickened bottom provided with a. small pas-- sage extending vertically and horizontally therethrough, said fitting having a lateral tubular extension the bore of which com municates with. said passage and a central tube leading from said vertical passage, said bottom being removably connected with said shell.

2. A detachable fittingtor syringes, comprising a cylindrical shell open at both ends and intcriorly threaded in one end, a bottom portion threaded therein and having a bottom flange contacting with the adjacent edge of the cylindrical shell, said bottom portion having an angular passage therethrough leading centrally from its top 'facc and laterally through its threaded portion and the cylindrical shell, a lateral extension threaded in the last named portion and a discharge tube leading vertically from the vertical portion of thc passage in the bottom portion.

3. A detachable fitting for syringes, comprising a cylindrical shell open. at both ends and interiorly threaded in one end, a bot tom portion threaded. therein and having a bottom flange contacting with the ad rcent edge of the cylindrical shell, said bottom portion having an angular nssagc therethrough leading centrally from its top face. and laterally through its threaded portion and the cylindrical shell, a lateral extension threaded in the last named portion, a discharge tube leading vertically from the vertical portion of the passage in the bottom portion, said discharge tube extending above the cylindrical shell, and a cone-shaped flexible nozzle having a central passage, said nozzle being fitted inr-idc of said cyli1isch a rgc tube therein, whereby displacement oi the nozzle is prevented, said nozzle contacting with the upper edge of the cylindrical shell.

In testimony whereof .l. have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALONZO ERWIN DUPELL. lVitn esses Mannn F. BLUnM, ALBERT A. Waves.

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